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Paris Métro Line 9
Paris Métro Line 9 is one of 16 lines of the Paris Métro. The line links Pont de Sèvres in Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne in the west with Mairie de Montreuil (Paris Métro), Mairie de Montreuil in the east via the city center of Paris, creating a parabola type shape to its route. It is the third busiest line on the network. History Chronology *8 November 1922: The first section of line 9 was opened between Exelmans and Trocadéro in the XVIe arrondissement, 16th arrondissement. *27 May 1923: The line was extended from Trocadéro to Saint Augustin. *3 June 1923: The line was extended from Saint Augustin to Chaussée d'Antin. *29 September 1923: The line was extended southbound from Exelmans to Porte de St-Cloud. *30 June 1928: The line was extended from Chaussée d'Antin to Richelieu-Drouot. *10 December 1933: The line was extended from Richelieu-Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. *3 February 1934: The line was extended from Porte de St-Cloud to Pont de Sèvres. *14 October 1937: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MF 01
The MF 01 (; ; also called MF 2000 from its year of its invitation to tender) is a model of steel-wheeled electrical multiple units used on Paris's Paris Métro, Metro system. The cars first arrived in December 2007 and delivery was completed in 2015. Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, RATP ordered 160 trains or 800 cars in 2001, to replace the aging MF 67. It is used on Paris Métro Line 2, Line 2, Paris Métro Line 5, Line 5, and Paris Métro Line 9, Line 9. The MF 01 was first introduced to the press on 17 June 2005 but it would not be until January 2006 that the first trains would undergo testing on the system. Commercial service on Line 2 began on 11 June 2008, with all of Line 2 being equipped with the new rolling stock by March 2011. Testing quickly commenced on Line 5, where two trains were initially deployed. Commercial service on Line 5 began on 15 June 2011, with nearly 25 trains in service as of April 2012. On 9 February 2011, the Syndicat des transports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 9
Paris Métro Line 9 is one of 16 lines of the Paris Métro. The line links Pont de Sèvres in Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne in the west with Mairie de Montreuil (Paris Métro), Mairie de Montreuil in the east via the city center of Paris, creating a parabola type shape to its route. It is the third busiest line on the network. History Chronology *8 November 1922: The first section of line 9 was opened between Exelmans and Trocadéro in the XVIe arrondissement, 16th arrondissement. *27 May 1923: The line was extended from Trocadéro to Saint Augustin. *3 June 1923: The line was extended from Saint Augustin to Chaussée d'Antin. *29 September 1923: The line was extended southbound from Exelmans to Porte de St-Cloud. *30 June 1928: The line was extended from Chaussée d'Antin to Richelieu-Drouot. *10 December 1933: The line was extended from Richelieu-Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. *3 February 1934: The line was extended from Porte de St-Cloud to Pont de Sèvres. *14 October 1937: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In France
Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF, the national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company, operates most of the passenger and freight services on the national network managed by its subsidiary SNCF#Divisions, SNCF Réseau. With a total of of railway, France operated the second-largest Rail transport in Europe, European railway network in 2007. , it was among the ten List of countries by rail transport network size, longest railway networks in the world. The Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway, first railway line in the country opened in 1827 from Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux. The network has undergone a major modernization since 1981 with the arrival of the TGV high-speed rail service which has been consistently expanded in subsequent years. In 2017, there were 1.762 billion journeys on the French national rail network, among which 1.270 billion on SNCF services and 49 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Metro Systems
This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes, mass rapid transit (MRT), metrô or U-Bahn. 204 cities in 65 countries operate 917 metro lines. The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line, the City and South London Railway, opened in 1890, making it the world's first deep-level electric metro system. The Budapest Millennium Underground Railway, which opened in 1896, was the world's first electric underground railway specifically designed for urban transportation and is still in operation today. The Shanghai Metro is both the world's longest metro network at and the busiest with the highest annual ridership reaching approximately 2.83 billion passenger trips. The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations, with 472. the country with the most metro systems is Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Stations Of The Paris RER
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Paris
Paris is the centre of a national, and with air travel, international, complex transport system. The modern system has been superimposed on a complex map of streets and wide boulevards that were set in their current routes in the 19th century. On a national level, it is the centre of a web of road and railway, and at a more local level, it is covered with a dense mesh of bus, tram and metro service networks. Environmental performance Paris has one of the most Sustainable transport, sustainable transportation systems in the world (private cars are only 4.3% of the overall traffic in the city centre) and is one of only two cities that received the Sustainable Transport Award twice, in 2008 and 2023. The second is Bogotá, Bogota. The award was accorded for the continual efforts to expand active transportation networks, including specifically designated to help children, women, disabled persons. By the year of 2026, half of parking spaces should be turned into Urban green space, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fer''" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centrepiece of the Exposition Universelle (1889), 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower received 5,889,000 visitors in 2022. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a in 1964, and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Paris, Banks of the Seine") in 1991. The tower is tall, about the same height as an 81- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trocadéro, Paris
The Trocadéro (), site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 Trocadéro Palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais de Chaillot. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village. Origin of the name The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero, in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero, in southern Spain, was captured by Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, French forces led by the Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Duc d'Angoulême, son of the future King of France, Charles X of France, Charles X, on 31 August 1823. France had intervened on behalf of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, whose rule was contested by a Trienio Liberal, liberal rebellion. After the battle, the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand VII was Bourbon Restoration in France, restored to the throne of Spain. Franço ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top division of Football in France, French football. With List of football clubs by competitive honours won, 52 major trophies won, PSG are Football records and statistics in France#Total titles won (1918–present), the most decorated club in France and are generally considered the country's biggest club. Founded in 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain, PSG have the most consecutive seasons playing in France's top flight. They are the most popular football club in France and one of the most widely supported teams in the world. They are nicknamed the ''Les Rouge-et-Bleu'' (The Red-and-Blues), for the shirt colour that also includes white, and their crest features the Eiffel Tower and a fleur-de-lis. The team has a lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
